DSP Laboratory with TI TMS320C54x Development of real-time digital signal processing (DSP) systems using a DSP microprocessor; several structured laboratory exercises, such as sampling and digital filtering, followed by an extensive DSP project of the student's choice.Author(s): No creator set

Storing and Retrieving from the course History of Information This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as 'the information age.' We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. In every instance, we'll be concerned with both what and when and how and why, and we will keep returning to the question of technological determinism: how do technological developments affect socieAuthor(s): No creator set

Science, Statistics, Certainty from the course History of Information This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as 'the information age.' We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. In every instance, we'll be concerned with both what and when and how and why, and we will keep returning to the question of technological determinism: how do technological developments affect socieAuthor(s): No creator set

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Scripting argumentative knowledge construction in computer-supported learning environments Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments may encourage
learners to engage in argumentative knowledge construction. Argumentative
knowledge construction means that learners work together to elaborate on
concepts by constructing arguments and counterarguments. This is achieved
through discourse with the goal of acquiring knowledge within a specific domain.
However, learners may encounter problems relating to one of three dimensions
of argumentative knowledge construction. FirsAuthor(s): Weinberger Armin,Stegmann Karsten,Fischer Frank,Ma

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The Road to Brown This video segment looks at history of the NAACP's efforts to convince the Supreme Court that segregated schools were unconstitutional, leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education cases.Author(s): No creator set

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"Cutting a New Path": A World War II Navy Nurse Fights Sexism in the Military In World War II soldiers, sailors, nurses, and airmen often found themselves thrown together with fellow Americans whose experiences and backgrounds were drastically different from their own. Racial segregation was an official policy of the War Department, but gender discrimination was a subtler, if no less troublesome, social constraint. Doris Brander, who enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor in the navy's Women's Auxiliary Voluntary Expeditionary Service (WAVES), felt that she and her fellow WAAuthor(s): No creator set

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"Conclusions and Recommendations by the Committee of Six Disinterested Americans" U.S. marines occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934. By 1919, Haitian Charlemagne Péralte had organized more than a thousand cacos, or armed guerrillas, to militarily oppose the marine occupation. The marines responded to the resistance with a counterinsurgency campaign that razed villages, killed thousands of Haitians, and destroyed the livelihoods of even more. In 1926 the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) organized a committee to look into conditions in Haiti and offer altAuthor(s): No creator set

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"Their Own Hotheadedness": Senator Benjamin R."Pitchfork Ben" Tillman Justifies Violence Against Sou In this March 23, 1900, speech before the U.S. Senate, Senator Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman of South Carolina defended the actions of his white constituents who had murdered several black citizens of his home state. Tillman blamed the violence on the "hot-headedness" of Southern blacks and on the misguided efforts of Republicans during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War to "put white necks under black heels." He also defended violence against black men, claiming that southern whitAuthor(s): No creator set

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"The Baby Was Made 'Delegate No. 800'": Frances Willard Meets Elizabeth Rodgers in the 1880s The commitment of the Knights of Labor to equality for women was more than rhetorical, as seen in the career of Elizabeth Rodgers, the Master Workman, or head, of the organization's giant Chicago District No. 24. This 1889 portrait of Rodgers, offered by leading national anti-liquor activist Frances Willard, underscored the desire on the part of many Knights, both men and women, to connect the struggle for labor reform with a broader vision that included vehement opposition to liquor. It also shAuthor(s): No creator set

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"Organize among Yourselves": Mary Gale on Unemployed Organizing in the Great Depression The Communist-led Unemployed Councils were the first and the most active of the radical movements that sought to mobilize the jobless during the Great Depression. In this interview, which is taken from the radio series "Grandma Was an Activist," relief worker Mary Gale, who was sympathetic to radicals and the jobless, described how she worked behind the scenes to encourage her clients to organize and demand better treatment. The jobless and the poor had few advocates for them, and radicals like Author(s): No creator set

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Speaking up for deaf education Jason Lestina developed a software program called Animation Speaks Louder aimed at addressing deaf education in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. Now, Jason is working on another tool that will be used to teach math using the same program.Author(s): No creator set

Women: Struggle and Triumph Ever wonder what women were doing during the 1800s or what is known as the antebellum period of United States history? Men are well represented in our history books as they were the powerful, educated leaders of our country. Women, on the other hand, rarely had opportunities to tell their stories. Powerful stories of brave women who helped shape the history of the United States are revealed to students through journals, letters, narratives and other primary sources. Synthesizing information fromAuthor(s): No creator set

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Making the best of testing Two teachers offer a four-point plan for preparing students for end-of-grade tests without "teaching to the test": Teach to students' needs, integrate tested concepts into the curriculum, focus on learning before test-taking, and reduce students' stress.Author(s): No creator set

Kid's Character Builder-Love-Part 1 of 2 In this video love is defined as wanting the best to happen to someone else. Stevie and Nancy, the main characters, are excited about their visit to Agapeland to see the music machine. Nancy drops the glass hearts that are tickets. Stevie shows love by offering his ticket to his sister. This video is beneficial for a teachable moment that arises in the classroom. It would also be beneficial for a counseling group/individual lesson (6:00).Author(s): No creator set